Florida's Black Junior Colleges: Building Blocks for the "Great 28".

Smith, Walter

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Publication Date: 1998

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Florida's Black Junior Colleges: Building Blocks for the "Great 28".

Smith, Walter

Visions: The Journal of Applied Research for the Florida Association of Community Colleges, v2 n1 p25-30 Spr 1998

Traces the evolution of the Florida Community College System as it exists today--a merger between formerly segregated African American and White junior colleges. Recounts the historical development of the 12 African American two-year colleges, established to provide African Americans with equal access to higher educational opportunities. (VWC)

Descriptors: Black Education, Black Institutions, College Desegregation, Community Colleges, Educational Cooperation, Educational Development, Educational History, Educational Opportunities, Government School Relationship, Politics of Education, Racial Integration, Two Year Colleges

Publication Type: Historical Materials; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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